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E. W. RAYMOND. CLASP TOR RIBBON ROLLS.

Patented Oct. 27, 1885.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN W. RAYMOND, OF COUPEVILLE, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

CLASP FOR RIBBON-ROLLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.329,212, dated October27, 1885.

Application filed June 6, 1885. Serial No. 167,894. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN W. RAYMOND, of Ooupeville, in the county ofIsland and Territory of Washington, have invented a new and ImprovedClasp for Ribbon-Rolls, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to a clasp or fastening device for application topieces of ribbon, braid, lace, tape, or any goods wound on blocks orspools, for keeping the goods always nicely rolled and fastened at theend without the use of pins, and at the same time permit the goods to beconveniently drawn off from the block or spool.

The invention consists of a clasp made of a piece of spring metal foldedupon itself to form parallel clasping-arms, one arm being bent to form alip or stop to keep the clasp in place upon the goods and the goods inplace upon the roll.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a roll of tape or ribbon secured by mynew clasp. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken on line wx of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the clasp.

The clasp A is provided with arms a a, and is applied to the ribbon B onspool Oby passing the lower arm, a, through the coils of ribbon to bringone, two, or more coils between the arms a c.

The clasp may be made of steel wire; but I preferto make it of a plateof steel or other spring metal, and it may be made of different lengthsto suit fabrics of different widths.

In making the clasp the wire or plate is bent double, so that the arms aa will stand parallel or nearly parallel with each other, and then theend of the arm a will be bent down over the end of the arm a to form thelip or stop a which runs against the edge of the roll, as shown clearlyin Fig. 2, so that it will act as a stop to keep the clasp in place, andalso as a guard to prevent the coils of ribbon from slipping ed gewiseon the roll and gettin g out of place thereon.

Made as described,the device is cheap, may be used over and over again,and is very convenient, easily applied, and is very effective andreliable for its purpose.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- As an improved article of manufacture, a claspfor ribbonrolls, composed of parallel arms a a, the arm a being bent toform stop a substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

EDWIN W. RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

ISAAC M. HARRISON, J 0s. B. LIBBEY.

